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ANCIENT CHINA. READING 2 COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
The Unification of China (pp. 105 – 110)
1. Where were Legalist doctrines met enthusiastically?
The state of Qin.
2. Where was the Qin state?
Western China.
3. Who oversaw the implementation of the Legalist doctrines in the Qin state?
4. What did the Qin state quickly do?
5. What happened to the Qin state in the fourth and third centuries B.C.E?
6. How did Shang Yang encourage farmers to move to the Qin state?
7. Why did the Qin rulers find fewer obstacles to establish centralized control?
8. How did the Qin rulers use their new wealth?
9. What did the Qin rulers do in the third century B.C.E?
10. Who was the First Emperor of China?
11. When did he proclaim himself the First Emperor?
12. When did he reign?
13. What was supposed to happen to the First Emperor’s descendants?
14. How long did the Qin dynasty last?
15. Why did the Qin dynasty come to an end?
16. What tradition did the Qin dynasty leave that later rulers tried to copy?
17. Who controlled the provinces and districts of China on behalf of the First Emperor?
18. What did the First Emperor have built?
19. Who criticized the kind of political control introduced by the First Emperor?
20. How did the First Emperor react to the criticism?
21. What kinds of books were saved from being burned?
22. Why were they saved?
23. What were some of the initiatives begun by the First Emperor to enhance the unity of China?
24. Why did Emperor Qin insist on having the same writing script throughout China?
25. When did Qin Shihuangdi die?
26. What kind of tomb was built for him?
27. What were the positive results of the public works projects initiated by the First Emperor?
28. What was a negative result of those public works projects?
29. What happened in the year after Emperor Qin died?
30. What happened in 207 B.C.E?
31. How did Sima Qian describe Liu Bang?
32. What had Liu
The Unification of China (pp. 105 – 110)
1. Where were Legalist doctrines met enthusiastically?
The state of Qin.
2. Where was the Qin state?
Western China.
3. Who oversaw the implementation of the Legalist doctrines in the Qin state?
4. What did the Qin state quickly do?
5. What happened to the Qin state in the fourth and third centuries B.C.E?
6. How did Shang Yang encourage farmers to move to the Qin state?
7. Why did the Qin rulers find fewer obstacles to establish centralized control?
8. How did the Qin rulers use their new wealth?
9. What did the Qin rulers do in the third century B.C.E?
10. Who was the First Emperor of China?
11. When did he proclaim himself the First Emperor?
12. When did he reign?
13. What was supposed to happen to the First Emperor’s descendants?
14. How long did the Qin dynasty last?
15. Why did the Qin dynasty come to an end?
16. What tradition did the Qin dynasty leave that later rulers tried to copy?
17. Who controlled the provinces and districts of China on behalf of the First Emperor?
18. What did the First Emperor have built?
19. Who criticized the kind of political control introduced by the First Emperor?
20. How did the First Emperor react to the criticism?
21. What kinds of books were saved from being burned?
22. Why were they saved?
23. What were some of the initiatives begun by the First Emperor to enhance the unity of China?
24. Why did Emperor Qin insist on having the same writing script throughout China?
25. When did Qin Shihuangdi die?
26. What kind of tomb was built for him?
27. What were the positive results of the public works projects initiated by the First Emperor?
28. What was a negative result of those public works projects?
29. What happened in the year after Emperor Qin died?
30. What happened in 207 B.C.E?
31. How did Sima Qian describe Liu Bang?
32. What had Liu